Learn more about eLife assessments The intricate coordination of the neural network in planarian growth and regeneration has remained largely unrevealed, partly due to the challenges of imaging the ...

Here they show that the mitochondrial fusion-fission equilibrium can determine the pluripotency of planarian stem cells ... both germ and somatic cells, for example neurons, in a sea anemone.

Different planarian segments will be studied as they initiate regeneration in orbit, with samples collected at critical intervals for fixation and imaging analysis. "Using planarians as model ...